I can see that my bank reconciliation if off the amount of payroll checks & a fed tax deposit - why do they not show up in the bank register?

You may not have categorized your payroll checks and the federal tax deposit, rzfarms01, which is why they don't show up yet in your bank register. Let's go to the Banking/Transactions menu to check and add them so you can continue with your reconciliation. Here's how:

1. Go to Transactions, then Bank transactions.
2. Select the tile for the bank or credit card account you downloaded the transactions from.
3. Go to the For review tab. Locate the payroll checks and federal tax deposit transactions. If you find them, categorize them into an account.
4. Next, check the Categorized tab. Specifically, review the Added or Matched column to know what happens to the transactions you already categorized and which account they're categorized into. If you find the transactions, but they're in the wrong account, unmatch them and then move them.
5. Finally, check the Excluded tab. If you mark the transactions as personal or a duplicate, they go here. QuickBooks won't add excluded transactions to your account register. If you want to include them, select Undo from the Action column. Then go back to the For review tab and categorize them into the correct account.

To learn more on how to find missing transactions downloaded from your online bank and credit card accounts, please see this article: What to do if you can’t find downloaded transactions in QuickBooks Online.

Afterward, reconcile your account.

Additionally, you may want to check out this article as your guide in doing or fixing a reconciliation in QuickBooks: The reconcile workflow in QuickBooks.

I'm all ears if you have other banking and reconciliation concerns or questions about managing transactions in QBO. You can drop a comment below, and I'll gladly help. Take care.